Weekend

Michelle and I achieved something monumental – going out two nights in a row. Somehow that has become a rare thing since getting married. Friday night we joined Mark and his wife Nicole for dinner at Cafe al Dente, downtown in the River Market neighborhood. I think my scallops were the best scallops I ever had. It’s a great family-owned place. Mark and Nicole know the owners, so we got to check out some of the pictures of their recent trip to France.

Saturday we joined Sharon at Grinders’ new convert venue, Crossroads KC to see Truckstop Honeymoon and The Wilders. It was a great show in a great outdoor venue. They have lined up an impressive list of acts for their first year.

Later that night I took part in my first bachelor party on bike, joining Matt, his friend the groom, and Jeff. It was mostly a cruise of Midtown bars. We contemplated biking to a strip club, but the mechanics of getting a lap dance while wearing spandex diverted us into just drinking more beer. After closing the night at the Newsroom (where we ran into Nick), I’m amazed at how sketchy Broadway has become. What the heck happened? Finally we capped off the night at Chubby’s with a Larry Johnson spotting.

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Midtown-Northland Loop

This is was my Saturday ride. It’s a 22 mile loop from Midtown, through Downtown and North Kansas City, around the Northland, and then back via the East Bottoms. There is a good mix of city sites, cool neighborhoods, semi-rural forested areas, and industrial wasteland. Check out the route at Bikely.  If you ride this route yourself, I recommend going clockwise.  The Heart of America Bridge (a.k.a. Oak, Burlington, or Route 9) only has a shoulder going northbound, so it can be a little hairy going back south.  The Chouteau Bridge has good shoulders marked as bike lanes in both directions.

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Ride to Baseball

Anyone up for riding to at Royals game?  This route looks promising.

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I knew this day would come

I’ve been dreading this day since the local oldies radio station dropped 50s music.  Last night at dinner at Margarita’s we noticed that the station is now playing 80s music.  Yet another sign that I am officially old…

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